First Year in High School

[CLScar]

Hmm, well, I guess people grow up at some time. This is my first year as a Freshman, and I'm not sure if I'm excited or if I'm just not ready. The school I go to, Harrisburg R-VIII in Missouri, is a small school full of rednecks, I don't fit in, as I'm a quiet, keeps to himself, type of person.

What was your High School experience like?

Also, since this somewhat has to do with School, how many of you people have ever tried to fit in to a group of people you are nothing like, and how did it go? I tried that, but I just ended up making a fool of myself and losing a few friends. :/ I think school cliques are stupid.

[thiscityisdead]

Dude be excited bout freshman year. I'm a senior and it flys by trust me...Find the few people that you can call friends and ride out the storm and Hey not everyone fits in to the so called " cliques" in highschool I sure in hell don't and I made it through pretty good i have a select group of friends besides my band bros that been around for ages.

Best advice just try to make the best of what you got and YOU hav to make HS some of the best years cuz they don't last long.

Good luck on your first year bro.

[Jess]

you should be excited :) high school is fun, enjoy it while you can. good luck

[AutumnDae]

I go to a small school, so it's kind of hard for me to tell you about my high school experience. Our elementary is K-6 and the high school is 7-12. But it doesn't really matter, because you know everyone in all the grades anyways, the teachers already know who you are, everything.

Transitioning for me from the elementary school to the high school wasn't too difficult. I was a bit surprised at the freedom we had, if you were liked by the teachers, you got away with stuff. I was a little worried about the expectations that were placed on me from the very beginning. I had the highest grades in the elementary school, and I was expected to excel at this school as well.

I didn't try to fit in with any other group of people. I have had the same best friends since preschool, and we didn't break up during high school. We still are best friends to this day. We all have gained some new friends, but we will always be the mighty eight.

Just be yourself, find people you have common interests with.

[Iron Man]

High school is the best years of your life. You learn new things, you meet new people, it is a life lesson. Anyway, I am a junior in my high school, and I love it. It has been the best experience for me ever.

[starbrite5]

Don't worry about high school. It is so much better than middle school I can hardly say. You have way more freedom, and even though you have more work, you'll get used to it pretty quickly.

[BOBBY HILL]

you'll usually find one or more persons like you,

[Brantley]

I was clueless

[phily08]

High school can be hard.Theres tons of different cliques,and your at the bottom of the food chain.I found tons of the wrong cliques first,but finally found the right one.hang in there.It'll be ok.

[SoWhatsUp]

Yeah, be yourself and find people with common interests. You will make a lot of friends and lose some, but it also depends on the size of your school. High School is way better than Elementary, more freedom and you have a sense of mature-ness. Haha

[jovien]

well ive tried the whole fake the fun in a clique thing and that really went well but i couldnt do everything they did because of my morals and i felt like this isnt me i wont do that again i used to hang out with females alot becuase thats where most shy people go but sometimes they are to hard to get along with(and trust me i can understand almost everybody) and when they're done they're done no helping them so jsut hang out where u can blend but stand out saying if u want me im here if u need me im i will know but not really a go to person cause that could be hard to maintain if ur not fully into putting ur feelings aside for others

[Kuervo]

ahh freshmen year. best year ever. the best part was the freshmen experience which allowedmy class to get along with everybody else. its was pretty damn sweet. im a junior now trying to survive mrs. moriarty's english 5-6 =/ (gives me a headache) but i swear it feels like last week was the first day of freshmen year. =)best times but now my class is beginning to create their own little cliques which are separating my class aprt. hopefully we're untied during senior year

[Syvelocin]

With a contrasting opinion, I shall share my high school experience.

High school was the worst five years of my life (my school encompassed years 9-13). Sucked like hell. I wound up in the psych ward in twice, all the while going through a lot of problems including drug abuse. Cliques were never a huge problem for me, except in later high school, when I found my way to the top of the food chain, and remained there, before slowly climbing down in my last year. I usually hung out with the theatre kids, the druggies, or a group of homosexual friends of mine. So friends were never a big problem. My grades sucked until after I picked myself up and got off narcotics, when I had to make up for my slacking off, to get the grades I needed to get into college.

Now? I wish I had taken advantage of it. But would I relive those years? Definitely not. I'm very happy with doing my own thing, dressing how I want to dress, doing what I want to.

I never tried to fit in to any group, I just made friends and had a reputation :/ I hung out with people all over the map.

[Jenna.]

Wow, your post just made me realize how much I miss my freshman year. I'm a senior now, and believe me when I say that it goes super fast. Enjoy it, and try to have fun! I like highschool, sure there are some aspects that get annoying like anything else, but for the most part I don't mind it. I was never in any cliques either. They're a waste of time. I have friends from all four grades and from just about every so called clique. (: Not to mention the fact that since we're all (my grade, that is) seniors now, we're kind of united in a way. It's hard to explain but I'm sure other seniors on here will get what I'm saying. But regardless, I guess you could say I fit in with a variety of people. Definitely try to be like that, there will be a lot less drama!

[josh93]

The first year in high school is tough.